Wednesday, October 26, 2005

I took Keira and Maia outside today. I also let Maia hold her new dolly for awhile when it arrived in the mail today (it's really for Christmas but I thought one or two hugs couldn't hurt, then she got safely tucked away for December) - Keira had fun in the woods in the back, climbing on the rocks... I also took a photo of our hyperactive English Setter, Stoli ;)

Sunday, October 23, 2005

An Autumn Greeting

"Come," said the Wind to the Leaves one day.

"Come over the meadow and we will play.

Put on your dresses of red and gold.

For summer is gone and the days grow cold."

***Craft this week: Have the children spread shortening or peanut butter over pinecones or corn cobs and then roll in bird seed. Attach a piece of wool yarn and place on a branch for the birds to enjoy.

Saturday, October 22, 2005

It's been a really nice weekend so far... last night my husband took Keira outside with the flashlight for over an hour... they had so much fun together exploring and hanging out in the play fort... my oldest daughter was helping me wind up some yarn while I worked on my scarf a bit. Then today, I took Keira to the Waldorf Fair... we had so much fun and met so many nice people. I've been looking into Lifeways training but now I'm seriously considering signing up for the part-time Waldorf teacher training at Sunbridge college instead. We'll see. I may call them again on Monday to see when the next session starts. My husband is supportive so it's definitely an option.

Here are some goodies we bought at the fair.... the mobile I bought for Maia broke on the way home so I am going to attach the people to a new ring of some kind tonight or tomorrow... I bought Keira some beeswax and she played with it as soon as we got home. She also got a beautifully scented wool stuffed star.

Mangos de Uraguay wool yarn (deep red), Another skein of the green angora yarn to complete my scarf, two skeins of Cascade wool yarn (grey and pink) and a pair of size 11 knitting needles. I'm not sure yet but I think I'm going to use the red yarn for another scarf (my knitting is still in beginner stages) and the Cascade yarn for crocheted wool longies for Maia.

Thursday, October 13, 2005

Today was a busy day - all of the school aged children were home for Yom Kippur so I had a full house. I'm exhausted.

To keep the older girls busy, I had them stuff eye pillows with lavendar and flax seed. I have been promising to send a new batch to sell at YogaSpace so it's about time I got some stuffed. Now, I just have to find the time to sew them up. Each girl will get one to keep for themselves for helping me. ;)

We received a notice that our community well has been found to contain E-Coli. They indicated that until Friday we should not use our water to wash dishes, brush teeth or cook unless it is boiled.

So, I've had to boil water continuously to fill the sink with a dirty water area and clean water area to do my dishes. It is amazing to me how much water it takes to wash dishes, something we really do not realize when we have a dishwasher. Without running water to use, water has become much more precious in our house.... we aren't filling up glasses of water and then throwing them away because we are no longer thirsty. We are only using what is needed and saving the rest. We purchased bottled water and do not want to waste it. I guess when you have to "pay" for something it truly makes it more valuable. That's too bad.

It's a lesson to our family, really. And, we have a better understanding of the value of simple luxuries like running water.

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Yikes! I spent the rest of this evening, after tucking the kids in, working on Keira's doll. I ran out of wool stuffing when I got to the torso. I'm hoping someone I know will have a little extra to send me ASAP since I only need a little. I'd love to finish her doll this week. Here it is so far:

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About Eileen

Eileen is a wife and work-at-home mom to four beautiful daughters. For over ten years, she ran a Waldorf Inspired Home Childcare out of her Brookfield, Connecticut Home and she uses that knowledge to write and publish monthly guides and ecourses for parents and teachers interested in bringing a holistic approach to learning into their home or school.

whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;

to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.

This is to have succeeded.”

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their parents. Parents have very little time for each other, and in the home begins the disruption of peace of the world." Mother Theresa

"Every child should have mud pies, grasshoppers, water bugs, tadpoles, frogs, mud turtles, elderberries, wild strawberries, acorns, chestnuts, trees to climb. Brooks to wade, water lilies, woodchucks, bats, bees, butterflies, various animals to pet, hayfields, pine-cones, rocks to roll, sand, snakes, huckleberries and hornets; and any child who has been deprived of these has been deprived of the best part of education." -Luther Burbank